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New page: '''Physics''' is the branch of physical science that traditionally deals with matter, energy, force, and motion. These concepts can be applied to virtually any area of...
'''Physics''' is the branch of [[physical science]] that traditionally deals with [[matter]], [[energy]], [[force]], and [[motion]]. These concepts can be applied to virtually any area of the physical sciences; therefore, physics is often considered to be the most fundamental branch of science. Indeed, according to [[reductionism|reductionist]] thought, other branches of science are specialized subdivisions of physics.
Physics is generally subdivided into two major categories: [[Classical Physics]] and [[Modern Physics]].
==Classical Physics==
Mechanics, Thermodynamics, E&M
==Modern Physics==
Planck's quantum hypothesis, relativity, quantum mechanics
==History==
===Physics in Antiquity===
Greeks, Aristotle, etc.
===Development of Classical Mechanics===
Galileo, Brahe, Kepler, Newton, etc.
Perhaps Lagrange, Hamilton here as well? (though they came later)
===Development of Electricity and Magnetism===
Ampere, Faraday, Maxwell
===Development of Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics===
Thompson, Joule, Boltzmann
===Development of Quantum Mechanics===
Planck, Einstein, Bohr, Schrodinger, Heisenberg, Born, Dirac, Fermi
===Physics Today===
Particles, dark matter, dark energy
Physics is generally subdivided into two major categories: [[Classical Physics]] and [[Modern Physics]].
==Classical Physics==
Mechanics, Thermodynamics, E&M
==Modern Physics==
Planck's quantum hypothesis, relativity, quantum mechanics
==History==
===Physics in Antiquity===
Greeks, Aristotle, etc.
===Development of Classical Mechanics===
Galileo, Brahe, Kepler, Newton, etc.
Perhaps Lagrange, Hamilton here as well? (though they came later)
===Development of Electricity and Magnetism===
Ampere, Faraday, Maxwell
===Development of Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics===
Thompson, Joule, Boltzmann
===Development of Quantum Mechanics===
Planck, Einstein, Bohr, Schrodinger, Heisenberg, Born, Dirac, Fermi
===Physics Today===
Particles, dark matter, dark energy